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Page vii
... printed as my uncle , the late Dr. Birkbeck Hill , left them . Whatever changes or additions I have made are enclosed within square brackets . The Text is based on that of the four - volumed octavo edition of 1783 - the last edition ...
... printed as my uncle , the late Dr. Birkbeck Hill , left them . Whatever changes or additions I have made are enclosed within square brackets . The Text is based on that of the four - volumed octavo edition of 1783 - the last edition ...
Page viii
... printed throughout in bold italic on the outer margin of each page of the text . In the Index , the roman numerals refer to the Volumes ; the arabic figures to the Pages . BRIEF MEMOIR OF DR . BIRKBECK HILL GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN viii ...
... printed throughout in bold italic on the outer margin of each page of the text . In the Index , the roman numerals refer to the Volumes ; the arabic figures to the Pages . BRIEF MEMOIR OF DR . BIRKBECK HILL GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN viii ...
Page xvii
... printing of the book could begin . At last , in 1887 , Boswell's Life was published by the Clarendon Press . Twelve years had he been engaged on it . Five years had passed since his proposal was accepted by the Delegates . The year of ...
... printing of the book could begin . At last , in 1887 , Boswell's Life was published by the Clarendon Press . Twelve years had he been engaged on it . Five years had passed since his proposal was accepted by the Delegates . The year of ...
Page xxv
... printing by the Martins , at Edin- burgh , and to be sold by Bell , in London . Upon examining the vo- lumes which were printed , the type was found so extremely small , that many persons could not read them ; not only this ...
... printing by the Martins , at Edin- burgh , and to be sold by Bell , in London . Upon examining the vo- lumes which were printed , the type was found so extremely small , that many persons could not read them ; not only this ...
Page xxvi
... printed 5 sellers spontaneously added a third hundred ; on this occasion Dr. John- son observed to me - " Sir , I have always said the booksellers were a generous set of men . Nor , in the present instance , have I reason to complain ...
... printed 5 sellers spontaneously added a third hundred ; on this occasion Dr. John- son observed to me - " Sir , I have always said the booksellers were a generous set of men . Nor , in the present instance , have I reason to complain ...
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